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John Sparks - Chinese works of art, London

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John Sparks, konsthandel i London, specalist på framför allt kinesiskt konst "Chinese Works of Art". Låg på 37a Duke Street, Manchester Square, London W1 (annons i Burlington Monograph, Chinese Art, 1925). Låg på 128 Mount Street, London W.1 från 1928.

Grundades på 1870-talet och fanns fram till ungefär 1990. Grundaren var John Sparks (1854-1914), en sjökapten som var verksam i Asien. Hans far levde i Bombay. John Sparks son Ernest Peter Sparks (1896-1970) drev verksamheten vidare efter faderns död (se The Antique Collector, Vol. VI, 1935-36, p.368). Från tidigt 1920-tal var firman verksam i Kina ca 6 månader per år. De hade regelbundet utställningar i London efter första världskriget, och även under 3 år i New York. 1926 fick de pris, "the Royal Warrant of Antiquary of Chinese Art to H.M. Queen Mary". Tillsammans med Bluetts var de en av de mest långvariga och respekterade konsthandlarna i London för kinesisk konst.

(Chinese Art - Research into Provenance, http://www.hatii.arts.gla.ac.uk/admn/php/carp/index.php, 2011-07-08)

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